They may even have been covered with silk because silk was used a lot at that time.

它们甚至可能是用丝绸覆盖着的，因为丝绸在那个时候被广泛使用。

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Such applications may be far off, Dr. Omenetto said, but the potential is vast - a fact he realized when he was first asked to poke holes in silk.

在奥门内托看来，类似这样的应用可能还挺遥远，但潜力巨大——当第一次被要求在丝膜上戳几个洞时，奥门内托就意识到这玩意儿非同寻常。

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Dr Achtman played down the possibility that the Black Death may have been carried into Europe by the caravans of the Silk Route.

阿奇·塔曼博士淡化了黑死病由丝绸之路上的旅行队带入欧洲的可能性。

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He said the Silk Commission into the future of Welsh devolution may need to make recommendations on the basis of different outcomes to the Scottish referendum.

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